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[Link] 'America's Army,' the Pentagon’s Video Game, Shuts Down After 20 Years

Read: 8/2/2022 www.vice.com

America’s Army: Proving Grounds, a game used as a recruitment tool by the United States government, is shutting down its servers on March 5, 2022 after existing in various iterations for 20 years. After that date, the game will be delisted on Steam and removed from the PSN store.

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[Link] Indonesia army signals end to ‘virginity test’ for female recruits

Read: 7/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Human rights organisations have welcomed the Indonesian army’s apparent decision to end the “abusive” and long-criticised “virginity testing” of female recruitments.

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